The Resource Hidden figures : the true story of four black women and the space race, by Margot Lee Shetterly with Winifred Conkling ; illustrated by Laura Freeman
Hidden figures : the true story of four black women and the space race, by Margot Lee Shetterly with Winifred Conkling ; illustrated by Laura Freeman
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The item Hidden figures : the true story of four black women and the space race, by Margot Lee Shetterly with Winifred Conkling ; illustrated by Laura Freeman represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Tewksbury Public Library.
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- Summary
- Explores the previously uncelebrated but pivotal contributions of NASA's African American women mathematicians to America's space program, describing how Jim Crow laws segregated them despite their groundbreaking successes. Includes biographies on Dorothy Jackson Vaughan (1910-2008), Mary Winston Jackson (1921-2005), Katherine Colman Goble Johnson (1918-), Dr. Christine Mann Darden (1942-)
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 1 volume (unpaged)
- Isbn
- 9780062742469
- Label
- Hidden figures : the true story of four black women and the space race
- Title
- Hidden figures
- Title remainder
- the true story of four black women and the space race
- Statement of responsibility
- by Margot Lee Shetterly with Winifred Conkling ; illustrated by Laura Freeman
- Subject
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- Vaughan, Dorothy, 1910-2008 -- Biography
- African American mathematicians
- Space race
- United States, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Darden, Christine M. -- Biography
- Biography
- Biographies
- African American women -- Biography
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Mathematics
- Women mathematicians -- United States -- Biography
- United States, National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- Juvenile literature
- Employees
- United States, National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- Officials and employees -- Juvenile literature
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Science & Technology
- Jackson, Mary, 1921-2005 -- Biography
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / People & Places / United States / African American
- African American mathematicians -- Biography
- Women mathematicians
- Biographies
- African Americans -- Biography
- Women mathematicians
- Women -- Biography
- United States
- Johnson, Katherine G. -- Biography
- Space race -- Juvenile literature
- Juvenile works
- African American mathematicians
- African American women
- Space race
- African American women
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Explores the previously uncelebrated but pivotal contributions of NASA's African American women mathematicians to America's space program, describing how Jim Crow laws segregated them despite their groundbreaking successes. Includes biographies on Dorothy Jackson Vaughan (1910-2008), Mary Winston Jackson (1921-2005), Katherine Colman Goble Johnson (1918-), Dr. Christine Mann Darden (1942-)
- Biography type
- collective biography
- Cataloging source
- BTCTA
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Shetterly, Margot Lee
- Dewey number
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- 510.92/520973
- B
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- Intended audience
- Ages 4-8
- LC call number
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- QA27.5
- QA28
- LC item number
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- .L44 2018
- .S538 2018
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
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- Conkling, Winifred
- Freeman, Laura
- Shetterly, Margot Lee
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Vaughan, Dorothy
- Jackson, Mary
- Johnson, Katherine G.
- Darden, Christine M.
- United States
- United States
- United States
- Women mathematicians
- African American women
- African American mathematicians
- Space race
- Women mathematicians
- African American women
- African American mathematicians
- Space race
- African Americans
- Women
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Science & Technology
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Mathematics
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / People & Places / United States / African American
- African American mathematicians
- African American women
- Employees
- Space race
- Women mathematicians
- United States
- Target audience
- juvenile
- Label
- Hidden figures : the true story of four black women and the space race, by Margot Lee Shetterly with Winifred Conkling ; illustrated by Laura Freeman
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- text
- still image
- Content type code
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- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
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- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn985072992
- Dimensions
- 29 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 1 volume (unpaged)
- Isbn
- 9780062742469
- Lccn
- 2017942901
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- color illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)985072992
- Label
- Hidden figures : the true story of four black women and the space race, by Margot Lee Shetterly with Winifred Conkling ; illustrated by Laura Freeman
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- Content type code
-
- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn985072992
- Dimensions
- 29 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 1 volume (unpaged)
- Isbn
- 9780062742469
- Lccn
- 2017942901
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- color illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)985072992
Subject
- African American mathematicians
- African American mathematicians
- African American mathematicians -- Biography
- African American women
- African American women
- African American women -- Biography
- African Americans -- Biography
- Biographies
- Biographies
- Biography
- Darden, Christine M. -- Biography
- Employees
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Science & Technology
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Mathematics
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / People & Places / United States / African American
- Jackson, Mary, 1921-2005 -- Biography
- Johnson, Katherine G. -- Biography
- Juvenile works
- Space race
- Space race
- Space race -- Juvenile literature
- United States
- United States, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- United States, National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- Juvenile literature
- United States, National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- Officials and employees -- Juvenile literature
- Vaughan, Dorothy, 1910-2008 -- Biography
- Women -- Biography
- Women mathematicians
- Women mathematicians
- Women mathematicians -- United States -- Biography
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